Saturday, February 6, 2016

Singing Time: Valentine's Day Conversation Hearts

Valentine's Day is one of my very favorite holidays. Last year I posted this activity to another blog (and ended up shutting it down due to traffic control). So, I'm posting it here again for this year.

I really liked THIS idea by Crafts By Friends. I wanted to copy this but didn't have a lot of time to make the hearts and paint them. I had Peter Priesthood (aka my hot husband) work his Photoshop and Illustrator skills and whip me up some "conversation hearts" that I could just print out, cut, and laminate. He delivered.

Last year I got to the Primary room about 10 minutes early and posted hearts all over the room. When it was time for Singing Time I expressed how excited I was for Valentine's Day. I explained to the children what conversation hearts were to jog their memory and for my Sunbeams who didn't know what they were. You can even bring in a bag of hearts to show the children and reward them at the end for good singing.

I chose one child to pick a heart and read the message. It was easier for Senior Primary to try to guess which song we were going to sing based on the message. I also put a post-it note on the back that indicated HOW were were going to sing the song (hum, every other word, boys/girls, teachers/children, with actions, etc.) to mix it up a bit.

Here are the possible songs for each heart. I wrote these songs on the back with the song number so it would be easy for me to tell the pianist which song we were going to sing.

WIN

Scripture Power (Friend)

SHHH

Chapel Doors (CS #156)

I'M HAPPY

If You're Happy (CS #266)

A Happy Family (CS #198)

WISE UP

The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (CS #281)

LISTEN

Listen, Listen (#107)

Search, Ponder, and Pray (CS #109)

LOVE

Jesus Said Love Everyone (CS #61)

I WILL

Nephi's Courage (CS #120)

4 EVER

Families Can Be Together Forever (CS #188)

I DO

Do As I'm Doing (CS #276)

TEACH ME

I Am a Child of God (CS #2)

Teach Me to Walk in the Light (CS #177)

I LUV YOU

We Are Different (CS #263)

I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus (CS #78)

I'LL FOLLOW

Follow the Prophet

I Will Follow God's Plan (CS #164)

HELP ME

When We're Helping (CS #198)

LOVE ME

Love One Another (CS #136)

YOU & ME

Friends Are Fun (CS #262)

The Family Is of God (Friend)

BIG KISS

Daddy's Homecoming (CS #210)

THANKS

Children All Over the World (CS #16)

PLEASE

Help Me, Dear Father (CS #99)

CALL ME

I Hope They Call Me on a Mission (CS #169)

Quickly I'll Obey (CS #197)

BE TRUE

Stand For the Right (CS #159)

Our Primary Colors (CS #258)

BE COOL

Snow Is Falling (CS #241)

Once There Was a Snowman (CS #249)

SING 2 ME

Sing, Sing, Sing (CS #253)

SMILE

Smiles (CS #267)

I Am Like a Star (CS #163)

TWEET ME

In the Leafy Treetops (CS #240)

If you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve this activity, or even variations of this activity, I'd love to hear. I always want to improve Singing Time.